At Elba Hotels we care about your health and wellbeing. Therefore, one of the programs we offer at our Gran Hotel Elba Estepona & Thalasso Spa, we have decided to innovate even further and include the Tibetan Bowl Therapy so you can relax and unwind for a bit.

The sound massage with Tibetan bowls has its origins in the ancestral and millenary techniques. It has been widely used in India as a healing therapy for more than 5000 years.

This is because this kind of holistic therapy is excellent to achieve deep relaxation through harmonic sounds, which are rich in overtones (an essential sound from which come other more high notes creating an harmonic sound sets among themselves). The soft vibrations allow you to relax and soothe tensions, contractions, and blockings and eventually alleviate the body from any kind of pain.

Tibetan lamas and wise men make and use this metallic bowls, also called singing bowls, which are forged from the alloy of seven metals. Each one of these metals symbolizes a planet: gold (Sun), silver (Moon), mercury (Mercury), iron (Mars), lead (Saturn), tin (Jupiter) and copper (Venus). To achieve the desired effect, the monks softly tap and rub the bowls with a wooden hammer. Following old rites, the bowls produce a range of harmonic sounds that flood the room.

For decades these bowls have been used in alternative medicine together with pseudoscientific foundations. Their effect is based on the healing of our inside, of the harmony, calm and serenity that we loose due to stress and our hectic lives. Therefore they bring physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing by aligning our chakras (vital core points in our organism) and increasig the corporal energy.

During the sound massage, the Tibetan bowls are located in contact with the clothes the receptor brings, touching them softly. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable clothes during the session.

Finally, the principal benefits of the Tibetan bowls are:

• Improves the capacity to acquire a deep state of relaxation
• Help to achieve mental and emotional balance
• Enhances creativity, concentration and capacity for action
• Boosts your immunological system
• Harmonizes the body cells
• Enhances your self-confidence
• Controls states of anxiety, depression, stress, insomnia and hyperactivity
• Balances the body physically, mentally and spiritually
• Planetary and personal rooting

We are hoping you try this unique therapy with us and tell us all about your experience.